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Send Corrections, Additions, Money, Whatever to: MonkeyMan@ThePentagon.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS : Version History Acknowledgments Codes Story The Controls Individual Character Moves and Background Descriptions: HAOHMARU SHIZUMARU HISAME TACHIBANA UKYO NAKORURU RIMURURU GALFORD HATTORI HANZO SENRYO KYOSHIRO KIBAGAMI GENJURO GAIRA CAFFEINE KIBUKIRI BASARA AMAKUSA SHIRO TOKISADA Zankuro Minazuki Endings Info Needed/Lacking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version History: 0.5 (9/8/96) - Decided to put together this thing. Start taking stuff from the SS3 TAPFAQ. 0.75 (10/1/96) - Add a Code! Replaced the character poses with background descriptions. Get rid of the joystick and ABCD format. Got my SS3 yesterday! :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acknowledgments: SNK: For this game and all other great games they has done. SONY: For an excellent system and that very comfortable controller :) Shawn Holmes (shawnh@csn.net): Author of the SS3 TAPFAQ, for jsut about everything. Joseph Palanca (jgpalanca@aol.com): For basically stealing the format of his KOF'95 faq. Galen Komatsu (gkomatsu@hawaii.edu): For stealing the Legalese section (hey, I think it's cool :). GameFan (http://gamefan.com/): For the Boss Code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Codes: Boss Code! This code only works in vs mode. :( At the character select screen, hold start at Haohmaru then move the cursor over the following orders: Genjuro, Basara, Ukyo, Rimururu, Haohmaru, Shizmaru, Nakoruru, Hanzo, Amakusa, Gaira, Galford, Shizmaru. While the cursor at Shizmaru, wait until the timer reaches "03". When it reaches "03" press button X and Circle simultaneously. If the code worked, you should see Zankuro's picture appears in the middle of the screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Story: The Dreaded "demon". His name, Zankuro Minazuki. The evil Zankuro, from time immemorial, has indiscriminately attacked villages, slaughtering all in his way. Falling under his mighty blade, victims screamed in terror of the dreaded demon before drowning in an endless sea of blood. All stood impotent to his evil deeds. But then...In a distanct village, Zankuro failed to kill an infant. Some insist, perhaps the evil one could not kill him. The truth remains unknown. But from then on, Zankuro marked all swordsmen for slaughter. Years later...Twelve samurai and swordsmen begin their own quests. All seek one goal, the head of the dreaded Zankuro Minazuki. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Controls: 1 - Light Slash 2 - Medium Slash 3 - Strong Slash 4 - Kick F - Forward DF - Down-Forward D - Down DB - Down-Back B - Back UB - Up-Back U - Up UF - Up-Forward 1+2 (far) - Sidestep (avoids specials) F+1+2 (close) - Behind step (move around opponent) 1+2+3 - Charge POW F+2+3 - Hop Crush (must be high blocked) B-DB-D-DF-F (with weapon) Block stuns opponent (without weapon) Catches weapon and throw F+3 - Pulling Guard Crush B+3 - Pushing Guard Crush DF+4 - Crouching sweep kick F+4 - Standing Kick DB+4 - Light Kick F, F - Forward Dash B, B - Backward Dash (while getting up) B or F - Roll away ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Individual Character Moves and Background Descriptions: The wanderer samurai in search of the slaying serpent Zankuro... HAOHMARU "Duelling is my Raison D'etre!" THE SS1 TITLE SCREEN -- WIND: This is essentially based on the intro to Shodown I, where the narrator gives the laws of the samurai and Haohmaru slices the two lanterns with the lavender trees in the background. Now, however, we get to see the entire courtyard with gigantic lavender trees in the background and many lanterns adorning the stage both in the foreground and all over the background. The lanterns can be cut down by the players. During the desperation, the background becomes a dark violet aura with many layers of color and lavender leaves begin to fall like snow. Large branches of the trees hang in the foreground. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Secret Cylone Slash | Secret Cyclone Homicide Slash D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Secret Crescent Moon Slash | Secret Crescent Moon Slash jump, D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | F-DB-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Kogetsuzan | Secret Driving Crescent Moon Slash F-DB-D-DF + (1_2_3) | (During 4) F-DB-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Secret Hurricane Thrust | Force Fang run, F-DB-D-DF + (1_2_3) | After taking a strong hit, standing 3 | Secret Earthquake Slice | Broiler Blast B-D-DB + 3 |After taking a strong hit, crouching 3 | Flying Earthquake Slash | Typhoon Wave jump, D-DB-B + 3 | D-DF-F + 4 | Sword Slash Attack | Sword Shockwave F-DF-D-DB-B + 3 | F-D-DF + 4 | | Serene Slice | D-DB-B-F + 3 | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Top Secret Heaven Constraint Blast | Super Secret Heaven Cruncher F-D-DF-F-D-DF+1+2 | F-B-DB-D-DF-F+3+4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The boy in search of the demon from his past... SHIZUMARU HISAME "Sorry about that gash!" BAMBOO FOREST: Stage Description: This is a dense bamboo forest, with leaves blowing across the floor. Sunlight filters through the tops of the trees. During the desperation stage, the forest vanishes and is replaced by a thick green aura. Leafy bamboo branches hang down in the background and leaves flutter down from them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Scarlet Sword Mist Blast | Scarlet Sword Mist Blast D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Scarlet Sword Windshear Slice | Scarlet Sword Downpour Thrust B-D-DB + (1_2_3) | B-D-DB + (1_2_3) | Scarlet Sword Downpour Thrust | Scarlet Sword Crosscurrent Slicer F-DF-D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | F-DB-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Scarlet Sword Crosscurrent Slicer | Scarlet Sword Rains of Time F-DF-D + (1_2_3) | F-DF-D + (1_2_3) | Scarlet Sword Hailfire | Scarlet Sword Deadly Drizzle (close), B-D-DB + 3 | F-B-F + (1_2_3) | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Scarlet Sword Hurricane Shredder Slash| Scarlet Sword Deadly Downpour Slice F-B-DB-D-DF-F+1+2 | F-B-DB-D-DF-F+3+4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Master, friends, and fans-rest in peace. I shall avenge you... TACHIBANA UKYO "Hmmph!" RAFT -- SWAMP: You will fight on a raft floating on a green river, with a thick forest in the background. Rotten trees, dead weeds and lanterns scroll by in the foreground--several layers of parallax. In the river, logs and even occasional bodies with swords and arrows in their backs float by. During desperation, the background turns black and filtered blue light flows onto the stage, while fluorescent green polyps flash on the black background. When one player wins, pheasants fly up from the foreground. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Concealed Sabre Snowfall Slash | Concealed Sabre Snowfall Slash Flash D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | Vanity Sabre Snowfall Slash | Concealed Sabre Swallow Swipe D-DB-B + 4 | jump, DB-D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Concealed Sabre Swallow Swipe | Concealed Sabre Dream Mist jump, DB-D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | DF-D-DB-B-F + 3 | Concealed Sabre Haze Hack | Concealed Sabre Heat Flash D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Concealed Sabre Heaven's Gales | F-DF-D-DB-B + 3 briefly, then 1 | | Concealed Sabre Warrior Wind | F-DF-D-DB-B + 3 briefly, then 2 | | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Tsubame Six Flash | Flashback Flash Blast F-DF-D-DB-B-F+2+3 | F-B-F+3+4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The faithful daughter of nature seeks to save Zankuro's soul... NAKORURU "Savour nature's fearful wrath!" NORTHERN COUNTRY SPRING -- CANYON: The fighting occurs in shallow water flowing through a canyon, with one of the rocky cliffs decorated with shrubs visible. For Slash Nakoruru, the plant life is brown as in fall whereas it is green as in spring for Bust Nakoruru. Small butterflies and dragonflies can also be seen. Also the occasional leaf falls down the stage. During the desperation, the cliffs vanish and are replaced by a bright red aura and leaves drop down in the foreground. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- NAKORURU's SLASH animal is MAMAHAHA | NAKORURU'S BUST animal is SILKOU --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Lera O Chikiri | Lela O Chikiri (close), F-D-DF + 4 | (close), F-D-DF + 4 | Leyla Mutsube | Leyla Mutsube D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Annu Mutsube | Annu Mutsube B-DB-D + (1_2_3) | B-DB-D + (1_2_3) | Kamui Risse | Kamui Risse B-D-DB + (1_2_3) | B-D-DB + (1_2_3) | Mamahaha Flight | Wolf Pounce D-DB-B + 4 | D-DB-B + 4 | Get off Bird | Get off Wolf (DF_D_DB) + 4 | (UF_U_UB) + 4 | Mamahaha Attack | Riding Wolf Attack Mamahaha Flight, then 1, 2, or 3 | Wolf Pounce + (1_2_3) | Kamui Mutsube | Myu Shikite Mamahaha Flight, then D-DF-F + 3 | Wolf Pounce + B-DB-D + 3 | Amube Yatoro | Kanto Shikite F-DF-D-DB-B + 1) Lelashe | Wolf Pounce + D-DF-F + 3 2) Shichikabu Etu Brute | 3) Shichikabu Amyu | | | Imel Shikite | Wolf Pounce, jump, F-D-DF + 3 | | Epunkine Shikite | When knocked down, 1+3 | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Elelyu Kamui Risse | Nubeki Kamui Shikite F-DF-D-DB-B-F-DF-D-DB-F+1+2 | B-DB-D-DF-F-D-DF+2+3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The ice-cold snow maiden who fights for her older sister... RIMURURU "You anger mighty nature!" NORTHERN COUNTRY -- WINTER: Stage Descriptiom: This stage is very similar to Nakoruru's stage in Samurai 1. In the second round, Nakoruru and her two parents come out of the cottage and watch the fight. When Nakoruru first comes out, she is holding two rabbits but drops them in shock when she sees her sister fighting. For the rest of the match, Nakoruru is shaking her head while her father is running his hand over his beard. If Rimururu wins, Nakoruru smiles in relief and her mother begins clapping. If Rimururu loses Nakoruru drops to her knees in sorrow and her mother turns to comfort her as her father covers his face with his hand. During the desperation, the background vanishes and the characters fight in a fierce blizzard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Konril Myu | Konril Myu B-DB-D + 1 | B-DB-D + 1 | Lupu Quall | Lupu Quall D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Konril Shira | Konril Shia jump, F-DF-D + 1 | jump, F-DF-D + 1 | Rupu Tu Nu Tiu | Rupu Tu Nu Yaku (close) F-DF-D-DB-B + 2 | (close) F-DF-D-DB-B + 4 | Kamui Shtokke | Lupu Thomumu D-DB-B-F + 3 | F or DF +1+2 | Konrul Nonril | Upon Wo (close) F-D-DF + 1 | Repeatedly press Slash Buttons | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Rupu Kamui Emyu | Rupu Kamui Emyu F-DF-D-DB-B-F-DF-D-DB-B+3+4 | F-DF-D-DB-B-F-DF-D-DB-B+3+4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The american ninja off to strike a blow for justice on Zankuro's noggin.. GALFORD "Come learn true justice!" BRIDGE AND FALLS: You will fight on a bridge with a large waterfall directly in the background. The bridge connects two rocky cliffs covered with vegetation. The occasional bird flies in from both sides and then zooms back off. During the desperation stage, the waterfall vanishes and is replaced by blue space. Lighting forks strike down randomly both in the background and in the foreground. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Plasma Blade | Plasma Factor D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | F or DF +1+2 | Shadow Copy | Plasma Break F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (1_2) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Replica Attack | Shadow Copy F-DF-D-DB-B + (1+3_2+3) | F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (1_2) | Imitate Replica | Imitate Replica when hit, 1+3 or 2+4 | when hit, 1+3 or 2+4 | Rolling Crush | F-D-DF + 3 | | Poppy Attacks: | Replica Attack | F-DF-D-DB-B + (1+3_2+3) Rush Dog D-DB-B + 1 | | Striking Hez Plasma Dog D-DB-B-D-DB + 1 | (close) F-D-DF + 4 | Machine Gun Dog D-DB-B + 2 | Strike Hez Dash | run, F-D-DF + 4 Replica Dog D-DB-B + 3 | | Lightning Slash Overhead Crash D-DB-B + 4 | F-D-DF + 3 | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Double Mega Strike Hez | Lightning Strike Three F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (3_4) | F-DF-D-DB-B-F, F + 3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The tortured traveler of the darkside thirsts for revenge on the demon Zankuro... HATTORI HANZO "Death means 'rest' to me!" DESOLATION MOUNTAINS -- FALLEN BATTLE: This stage occurs in the middle of a volcanic hot spot, with gray igneous rocks in the immediate background and a volcanic ash laden sky, which can be seen when the screen scales out. Steam rises from the background and vents up through the floor. The stage also pulsates black, as if the sun were being completely shut out, occaisionally. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Ninja Shadow | Ninja Silent Shadow D, D + 1 | D, D + 1 | Ninja Exploding Dragon Blast | Ninja Exploding Dragon Blast D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | Ninja Windsplitter | Ninja Shadow Splitter jump, D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (1_2) | Ninja Shadow Splitter | Sky Dance F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (1_2) | F-DF-D-DB-B+2+3+4 | Sky Dance | Ground Slash F-DF-D-DB-B+2+3+4 | B-DB-D-DF-F+2+3+4 | Ground Slash | Ninja Windsplitter B-DB-D-DF-F+2+3+4 | jump, D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Ninja Buddha Reverse Blow | Ninja Monkey Dance when hit, 1+3 or 2+4 | B-D-DB + Any Button | Running Ninja Shrike Dash | Ninja Exploding Atom Flash (run) F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | (close) F-D-DF+3+4 | Ninja Shrike Dash | (close) F-D-DF+3+4 | | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Flash Finisher | Dragon Poison Finalizer D, D, D+1+2 | F-DF-D-DB-B-F+3+4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== In his quest for the ultimate aesthetic, he prepares to meet his outer demons... SENRYO KYOSHIRO "What a great death scene!" EDO -- THE KABUKI STAGE: Fighting occurs on the stage of Kyoshiro's theater. In the background there is a large tapestry of a woman. Large butterflies flutter through the stage in the first round. High up in the foreground of his stage is the curtain. There is a tree sticking out of both sides of the stage. In the second round, the tapestry flips over to become the picture of Kyoshiro brutally slaying someone, the butterflies become ethereal flame spirits, and the lanterns against the stage turn from yellow to blue. At the desperation, the background turns into the stage curtain that had hung above in the previous state. Ghosts fly by overhead and strange, transparent images flash against the curtains. Once one player has won, the tapestry in the background becomes chagnes again. It becomes a picture of Kyoshiro sitting on a stone ground with his naginata. If Kyoshiro loses, it changes to a pictures of Kyoshiro sitting with long tenticles coming out from someplace behind him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Twirling Flame | Hades Twirling Flames D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Twisting Heavens | Swirling Hades F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Lion Tale Blast | Raging Lion's Tale Blast F-DF-D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | F-DF-D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | Kyoshiro Jig | Kyoshiro Jig D-DF-F-D-DF-F + 3 | D-DF-F-D-DF-F + 3 | Smouldering Blood Pounce | Smouldering Blood Pounce jump, D + 1 | jump, D + 1 | Toad Plague | Eight-Coil Serpent F-B-DB-D-DF-F+1+3 | D-DB-B-D-DB-F + 3 | Tsuname Crunch | D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Kyoshiro Demon Boogie | Kyoshiro Demon Boogie D-DF-F-D-DF-F+2+3 | D-DF-F-D-DF-F+2+3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== With no time for Zankuro, his fierce blade hungers for Haohmaru... KIBAGAMI GENJURO "You wretch!" VILLAGE -- DAYTIME: Your fights occurs in the middle of the street of a ghost own in the old west with fast moving grey clouds in the sky. Frequent lightening strikes are visible in the background. Children are present at the beginning of the fight, but their parents come out and pull them from the scene of violence. A large flat cart, reminiscent of the "Bring out your dead" cart in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is at the right side of the screen in the immediate background. During the desperation stage, the entire background is replaced by a flowing purple vortex that has a focus at the center of the stage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Lightning Wings | Lightning Wings F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Triple Death Hack | Three-Heavens Death D-DF-F + (1_2_3) (three times) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) (three times) | Cherry Blossomo Slice | Cherry Blossom Iris Reverse D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | D-DB-B + (1_2_3) (hold) | Scarlet Slash | Purple Dusk F-DF-D + (1_2_3) | F-DF-D + (1_2_3) | Death Drops | Death of 100 Demons (close) B-D-DB + 3 | F-B-F + (1_2_3) | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Five Flash Rip | Reverse Five Flashes F-B-DB-D-DF-F+1+2 | F-B-DB-D-DF-F+3+4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The rowdiest monk under the sun is burning... GAIRA CAFFEINE "You cannot beat me!" TEMPLE - DUSKY: This is Caffeine Nicotine's stage from Shodown II, but there is thick orange-red mist. The lanterns in the foreground can be cut down by the players. In the second round, the mist disappears, and the temple becomes visible. During desperation, the whole background is replaced by burning torches and scene changes to night with a black sky and a blue ground. Strange, blue images can be seen in the sky and large bonfires burst out of no where in the foreground. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Prudence Punch | One Hundred Dropper jump, D + 3 | jump, D + 4 | 100 Heavens Body Blow | Deadly Pokes jump, D + 4 | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Nag Blast | Nag Blast D-DB-B + 1 | D-DB-B + 1 | Earthquake Assault | Earthquake Assault D, D+1+2 | D, D+1+2 | Victory Riser | Heaven Heart Slicer F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | D-DB-B-F+1+2 | Profound Pummel | Hades Heart Slicer D-DF-F+1+2 | D-DB-B-F+3+4 | Ceiling Slam Grabber | B-D-DB + 1 | | Hard Head Grabber | B-D-DB + 2 | | Reverse Twirl Grab | B-D-DB + 3 | | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Fist Flash Dance | Fist Flash Dance D-DF-F-D-DF+1+2 | D-DF-F-D-DF+1+2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The fury of the wounded romantic lives again to avenge his murdered loved one... KIBUKIRI BASARA "Let's do the death dance!" MASOLEUM -- MIDNIGHT: This is essentially a dilapidate temple with silk screens in the foreground, which can be destroyed by the players. The back of the temple is open and has a HELL red overcast to it that filters into the shrine. After one player wins the first round, the candles blow out and the stage becomes dark blue. During the desperation points, the entire background becomes black and candles appear in various places, floating in air. Spot lights light up a wall that has now appeared in the background, revealing many strange and unusual images. The pictures are probably representative of what existed back when the temple was in its prime. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Stabbing Feet | Stabbing Feet jump, D + 4 | jump, D + 4 | Friendly Rip | Friendly Rip (close) B-DB-D-DF-F + 1 | (close) B-DB-D-DF-F + 1 | Shadow Stitcher | Shadow Exit F-DF-D-DB-B + (1_2_3) | F-DB-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Soul Sucker | Shadow Sucker D-DB-B + 4 | D-DB-B + 4 | Airborne Slash | Airborne Slash (at top of jump), D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | (at top of jump), D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Ground Slash | Ground Slash D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Soul of the Beast | Shadow Feint B-DF-D-DB + 3 | F-B-F + Any Button | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Shadow Dance Payback | Shadow Dance Dream Pull B-DB-D-DF-F-B+1+2 | B-DB-D-DF-F-B+2+3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Heaven's fallen angel of destruction seeks to seize Zankuro's power... AMAKUSA SHIRO TOKISADA "The weak deserve death!" PILLARS -- NIGHT: This stage is positively apocalyptic! Nothing forebodes evil presence like this stage. There are four pillars lined up in the immediate background, and slightly behind them and in between the central two there is a large ring of stones similar to Stonehege. During the first round a large rock capsule with two halves comes down to the center of the background. The halves of the capsule rotate independent of one an other in opposite directions. In the second round, they start spinning farther away from each other and an energy sphere appears between them and lights appear on the top of the pillars in the background. The sky is a deep crimson which comes down and melds with large purple mountains in the background. During the desperation, most of the background disappears. The pillars still remain, the capsule has vanished. A vortex appears on the central pillar in the background and sucks in glowing energy spheres similar to the one that was held in the capsule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Evil Hornet Gouger (forward) | Evil Hornet Gouger (forward) B-DB-D-DF-F + 4 | B-DB-D-DF-F + 4 | Evil Hornet Gouger (reverse) | Evil Hornet Gouger (reverse) F-DF-D-DB-B + 4 | F-DF-D-DB-B + 4 | Holy Spirit Slicer | Underworld Lord Blast D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Dark Destroyer | Dark Destroyer F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | F-B-DB-D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Judgement Blow | Judgement Blow (close) F-DF-D + 3 | F-DF-D + 3 | Phoenix Flash | Invitation to Evil (far) B-F-B-F + (1_2_3) | (far) B-F-B-F + (1_2_3) | Miasma Plasma | Miasma Plasma B-DB-B + 1 | B-DB-B + 1 | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Legends of Hades Blitz | Legions of Hades Blitz B-F-D-DF+2+3 | B-F-D-DF+2+3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Demon swordmaster who seeks enlightenment via the ritualistic slaughter of great swordsmen and innocents alike... ZANKURO MINAZUKI TEMPLE -- STORM: The fighting takes place on the stone floor of a large temple. In the foreground and in the near background there are large burning cauldrons. In the background are many gigantic four armed statues in different poses, wielding various weaponry. The roof consists of many ornately carved wood panels supported by large wooden pillars. There are screens in the background and behind them there are storm clouds blowing by with random flashes of lightening lighting up the room. In the desperation (the final round against Zankuro) the roof has fallen in, revealing a blood red sky with fast moving storm clouds. The statues remain, but the cauldrons are gone. The floor is cracked in many places and hot flames are shooting out of the gaps. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLASH | BUST --------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- Demon Flash | Demon Flash D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | D-DF-F + (1_2_3) | Electric Demon Razor Swipe | Electric Demon Razor Swipe D-DB-B-F + (1_2_3) | D-DB-B-F + (1_2_3) | God Sword Crush | God Sword Crush F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | F-D-DF + (1_2_3) | Face Crush | Face Crush B-F + 1 | B-F + 1 | ??? | ??? B-DB-D+1+2 | B-DB-D+1+2 | Halting Demon Skull Splitter | Halting Demon Skull Splitter jump, D + 3 | jump, D + 3 | ??? | ??? B-DB-D-DF-F + 4 | B-DB-D-DF-F + 4 | POWER SPECIAL: | POWER SPECIAL: Raging Demon Denial Quake Strike | Raging Demon Denial Quake Strike D, D, D-DF-F+ 1+2 | D, D, D-DF-F+ 1+2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Endings: I want the Japanese endings, e-mail if you can help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Info Needed/Lacking: --> The Endings. --> Anything you think is lacking. --> More Codes. ============================================================================== End of PS Samurai Shodown 3 FAQ (C) MonkeyMan ============================================================================== --------------6186668A1EC9--